Improvement in corn-smellers



3 2 'Sheets-Sheet 1. i G, w. REISINGER. Y

Corn Sheller.

kNo. 109,945. Patented Dec. 6, 18716 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. G. W. REISINGER.Corn Sheller.

10.109,945. Patented nec. 6,1870.

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Letters/Patent No. 109,945, dated December 6, `1870.

-lMPROV-EMENT IN CORN-SHELLERS.

The Schedule referred to n these Letten Patent and making the a'me.

To all whom. it may concern c Be it knowutbat I, GEORGEREIsINGER,'ot'tlxe city of Harrisburg, in4 the. county of Dauphin and inthe State ot' Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements hLFam'ily Corn-Sheller; and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a fnll, clear, and exact description thereof, relerencebeing had to the zicoon'lpanying `drawing and to the letters olretin-ence marked thereon making apart ot' this specification.

My present invention is intended as an improvement upon the corn-shellert'or which Letters Patentwere granted to me September 13, 1870; and

vIt consists in the shelling-teeth beingaitached to or iil'mingpart'ot'two sliding jaws, which are pressed or held together by meansofrubber rings; and, also, in the construction of the standard orfootot' the machine, all of which will be hereinafter l'ully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionapperftains to make and use the same, l will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing,

inv which- Figure 1 is a side view of the machine, showing the"insidethereof; v

Figure 2'is a plan view of the same with ille de cached ring removed andY Figure 3 is a'perspective view ot theentire machine, showing the footor standard, andthe mode of attachingit to a board.

' A represents the cylindrical cap-bon;l

B, the hollow revolving journal, wit-h two cranks, C 0'; and v D is thedetachable ring, to prevent the corn from scattering in shelling all ofsaid parts being constructed substantially in the salue manner asdescribed in my former patent above referred to.

The cap-box A is formed upon the upper end of a curved foot or standardH, the lower end of which is screwed to the end ot'a board, I, in suchamanner that the sheller will be above and in front of the end oftheboard, as shown in lig. 3.

o The operator places the heard I under him, so that.

the end of the board having the Sheller attached projects iu front ofhim, and will thus allow the shelled corn to fall down in anyvessel-placed'tbrits reception without failing on the board, which wouldcausel it to scatter too much.

Instead of ,securingthe standard H to the board I by screws, I mayprovide the lower end ot' the standard with a clamp' or other suitabledevice for fastening.

At the front cud of the hollow revolving journal are placed two jaws, -EE, made nearly semicircular, and provided each, near its center, ontheouterside, with a-sloti-d bnr, a, which' is attached to a projectionfrom 'the front edge of thejouijnal by means ol' screw or rivet- I), orother suitable means, so that the s iid bar may slide, bringing the jawwith it, and thus allowing the two jaws to close or separate.

At the ends ot'each jaw E are l'ormed hooked projections (I, .as shownin tig. 2, and the two jaws are connected together by means ot rubberrings G passing around said projections, thus holding the two jaws closetogether. l

'On the front sides of the jaws are formed theshelling-teeth c e, havingtheir edges beveled so as tol'orm a sharp point upon them, andmoderately sharp edges upon the sides thatbear against the cob.

The peculiar form ofthe shelling-teeth enables the operator to shell orremove green corn froml the ear as'wellasdrled Corinthe teeth bearingagainst the cob with a sufpcient degree of force to extract all the.

substance ofthe grain therefrom in a perfectly satisthrough, the handsare changed, the left hand taking hold of the crank G and' the righthand of the-cob.

Having thus fully described my invention,

lVhat I claimas new, and desire -to secure by Lety ters Patent, is-

The within-described corn-Sheller, consisting ot. thesliding jaws E E,provided with the teeth e aand hooked projections l d, therubber bandsvor springs G G, curved foot H, and cap-box A, all constructed andarranged to operate substantially as set forth.V

In testimony that I cla-im the foregoing, I have..

hereunto set my hand this 18th dayvol' November.

GEORGE lV'. REISINGER.

Witnesses:

G. J. KUNKEL, I). L. DUNCAN.

